AIDC/Amandla, in partnership with the Mail and Guardian newspaper hosts its third forums on "Media Freedom in South Africa: Is It Under Threat?"  in Durban. Panelists include Lumko Mtimde (CEO of the MDDA), Jane Duncan (Highway Africa Chair of Media and Information Society). We are still waiting confirmation from Dr Blade Nzimande (GS of the SACP). The discussion will be moderated by Ashwin Desai.

The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) is inviting all editors and journalists to an open house discussion on the proposed media tribunal, problematic legislation currently before Parliament and other threats to media freedom at Avusa Johannesburg, tomorrow morning at 9.30am, Wednesday, 4 August 2010.

RSVP: 011 484 3630 | admin@sanef.org.za | (SMS) 084 784 2006

The venue will be confirmed at a later stage.

The awards honour and encourage excellence in a wide range of categories, from investigative journalism and breaking news, to feature writing, graphical journalism, and presentation. This is year they will be held at Soccer City.